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Table 1 Participant demographics and characteristics

From: “We’re sinking”: a qualitative interview-based study on stakeholder perceptions of structural and process limitations to the Canadian healthcare system

Characteristic

Total

(N = 31)

Academic

(n = 4)

Decision Maker (n = 4)

Health Leader

(n = 10)

Public Citizen (n = 13)

 

n/total

%

n/total

%

n/total

%

n/total

%

n/total

%

Age category (years), n/total, %

          

Young adults (18-24)

4/29

14%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

0%

4/13

31%

Adults (25-64)

19/29

66%

3/4

74%

2/4

50%

8/8

100%

6/13

46%

Seniors (65+)

6/29

21%

1/4

25%

2/4

50%

0/8

0%

3/13

23%

Sex, n/total, %

          

Female

17/31

54%

3/4

75%

1/4

25%

5/10

50%

8/13

62%

Education, n/total, %

          

Undergraduate

7/30

23%

1/4

25%

0/4

0%

1/10

10%

5/13

38%

Graduate

6/30

20%

1/4

25%

2/4

50%

3/10

30%

5/13

38%

Post-graduate

13/30

43%

2/4

50%

1/4

25%

5/10

50%

3/13

23%

College/trades

3/30

10%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/10

0%

0/13

0%

Post-secondary

1/30

3%

0/4

0%

1/4

25%

0/10

0%

0/13

0%

Province, n/total, %a

          

West coast

5/31

16%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

0/10

0%

3/13

23%

Prairies

10/31

32%

0/4

0%

2/4

50%

4/10

40%

4/13

31%

Central

10/31

32%

2/4

50%

0/4

0%

3/10

30%

5/13

38%

Atlantic

5/31

16%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/10

20%

1/13

8%

Territories

1/31

3%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

1/10

10%

0/13

0%

Ethnic background, n/total, %

          

White

24/30

80%

4/4

100%

3/4

75%

7/9

78%

10/13

77%

Asian

3/30

10%

0/4

0%

1/4

25%

1/9

11%

1/13

8%

Indigenous

2/30

7%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

1/9

11%

1/13

8%

Employment Status, n/total, %

          

Full-time

24/31

65%

3/4

75%

2/4

50%

10/10

100%

5/13

38%

Part-time

2/31

7%

1/4

25%

0/4

0%

0/10

0%

1/13

8%

Retired

6/31

19%

0/4

0%

2/4

50%

0/10

0%

4/13

31%

Disability

3/31

10%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/10

0%

3/13

23%

Employer-Sponsored Extended Healthcare benefits, n/total, %

          

Yes

20/30

67%

3/4

75%

3/4

75%

8/10

80%

6/12

50%

  1. aAtlantic Provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island; Central Canada: Quebec and Ontario; Prairies: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta; West Coast: British Columbia; and Northern Territories: Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon
  2. Denominators that do not equal the stratified sample sizes are due to missing data